Steam - Developers now able to self discount their games

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It has came to light that developers can now enable sales for their games on the Steam platform without consulting Valve itself as was required in the past.

According to a developer on the steam subreddit via Valve's private Steamworks community page, it appears developers are now to perform sales anytime. In the past developers have been required to coordinate with Valve in order to set up weekly promotions for their products. Currently all developers need to do is configure their Steamworks page for the title in question to enable discounts for possible customers. Though it was added for developers today it appears that the system is not 100% working as some devs have spoken out publicly that they themselves have experienced error with the feature set.


How do you feel about developers being able to perform sales on the fly?

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KuraPosted:

This in great news! As if the Steam Sales wasn't good enough already!

MaggardoPosted:

This is pretty cool. If I made a game, and was able to discount it, every year on my birthday I would discount the game to half of its price.

EthicsPosted:

awesome news, but this also means they can put the price up though?

DV8Posted:

It is about time, maybe instead of GTA IV being $20 maybe it could drop to $10.

NujabesPosted:

PC MASTER RACE!!!!

I'm such a fanboy, haha.

On topic, that's fantastic news I cannot wait to see all the potential deals in the future.

PolygonPosted:

I guess this means more discounts!?
whoop!

ViIIainPosted:

I just gota say I love the article picture, it's just so damn accurate.

SliHPosted:

I have been waiting for this! really good

MawderzPosted:

Yop Expect many discounts in your future!


Yeah, it's gonig to be good :)

YopPosted:

Expect many discounts in your future!